Celestria and Salamondra traveled through time, but the only thing they managed to do was get one miraculous back. Dark Emperor still has fourteen miraculous with him. They've got to figure out how they're going to get them all back. The first thing that had to be done was know how he got them and use that. Luckily, Celestria already knows.
"So, how did Dark Emperor get the miraculous in the first place?" Salamondra asked, pretending not to know.
"Remember Prince? I thought he was Natsu Dragneel. You know who I'm talking about, right?" Celestria said.
"Uh... Vaguely..." Salamondra answered.
"Well, I made a mistake." Celestria admitted. "It was his cousin: Alexander Dragneel. For some reason, he was pretending to be Natsu. I mistakenly thought he was the real thing. He must have touched the lion's morning star against my whip when I wasn't looking and used his powers to take it from me. He saw me use my whip to get the miraculous and used it to give all of them to Dark Emperor.
"But this is also a clue." Salamondra said. "In order for Alexander to do that, he must know Dark Emperor's true identity."
"Which is why we need to find him. Alexander could lead us to Dark Emperor." Celestria said. This could be their chance to get all the miraculous back, but there was another problem as it jumped down right in front of them.
"Celestria!" They were both face with Master Precht, a stern fellow guardian, and isn't pleased with them. "You were suppose to protect the miraculous and now you have failed!"
"I tried." Celestria said.
"Not hard enough. What if Dark Emperor uses the light miraculous that controls time?!" Precht said.
"He already has." Salamondra claimed with Precht shocked.
"But we got it back and it's somewhere safe." Celestria said.
"That means we need to get back all the rest." Salamondra said.
"And we have a clue that could help us." Celestria said. "So instead of blaming us, help us and trust us for once, Master Precht." They weren't going to back down from him this time. They were being the stern ones this time, but they didn't expect him to drop down and started sobbing.
"You're right, Celestria! I've allowed myself to be distracted with the modern world!" Precht said. "I should have acted like a spear, but instead I hid away when I should have guided you, aided you, and stepped in when I should have! I too am to blame for I have failed to fulfill my obligations!"
"Dude, it's okay. It's okay to make mistakes as long as we learn from them and try to fix them." Salamondra said.
"You're right! I'll head back to the temple and see what can be done in a situation like this!" Precht said and started jumping across the buildings.
"Is he going to jump all the way back?" Salamondra questioned.
"Don't worry about that. Let's go find Alexander." Celestria said. Both of them transformed into their space forms and used their flying capabilities to help them find Alexander at the only place he could be: home. "Alexander Dragneel is the son of Atlas Dragneel. He lost his mother, Jenelle Dragneel. Alexander is also a black belt, chess champion, and graduated from school at the age of twelve. He currently lives in London with his father, the twin brother of Igneel Dragneel, father of Natsu and Zeref." She forgot to mention that he's quite cunning and tricky. As they fly all the way to London, they just have to get him.
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London
"I'm terribly sorry, but I don't know where my son is." Atlas said. Celestria and Salamondra made it to London, but it looks like they failed to find Alexander. "I thought he was in Paris, but I can't get a hold of Zeref or Natsu. I hope nothing has happened to him."
"He was in Paris because I saw him." Celestria said.
"If you do find him, let us know." Salamondra said. "Maybe he's with his cousins now, or he could be on his way home right now."
"Thank you." Atlas said. Since there was no sign of Alexander, the only thing they could do was return home. They flied up in the air and thought about what they were going to do now.
"So much for that. That was our only lead." Salamondra said.
"I just can't figure it out." Celestria said. "Why would Alexander do something like this? Did he do it willingly or was he manipulated by Dark Emperor? Well, we'll have to keep our eyes open for when Alexander shows up. Until then, we need to be ready for anything Dark Emperor might try."
"Let's head home. It's been quite a day." Salamondra said with the two of them heading home.
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Lucy
Since there was nothing more she could do, Lucy headed straight home and climbed back into her room. When she got there, the emptiness and silence reminded her of her failure. She grew accustom to having the kwamis around, but they're all gone. She was suppose to protect them and she failed. Until she gets them back, all she could do was put the actual box away. She didn't want to look at a constant reminder of her failure. This is when she needed a friend the most.
"Erza... Levy..." Lucy said as she gave them both a call. "I'm fine. Can you both come over? I don't want to be alone right now."
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Natsu
Lucy wasn't the only one blaming herself. Natsu felt like part of this was his fault as well. When he got home, he kept thinking back to how Alexander and him switched clothes...or rather how Alexander tricked him.
"I never should have listened to Alexander! If I hadn't switched places with him, this wouldn't have happened!" Natsu said as he blames himself for this mess as well. "I should have listened to Lucy." He said as he thought how Lucy says he should confront his brother about how he really felt. "Lucy really knew how unhappy I was. It was like she understood me better than anyone." He thought about that and could feel something, but there's something else he has to do. Not taking no for an answer, Natsu marched down to his brother. "Zeref! I need to talk to you!" He said as he just barged right in.
"What is it?" Zeref said, but wasn't really paying attention.
"I don't want to be your model anymore!" Natsu said, saying it while he still could. "It's not what I want! I just rather be your brother!"
"Fine. Anything else?" Zeref said as he acted like it was nothing. Natsu wasn't expecting him to be so nonchalant about it.
"Uh... I guess not..." Natsu said as he just left it at that. That went a lot easier than he expected.
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Lucy
"All of them are gone." Lucy said as she had Erza and Levy sleeping over to help her in this time of need. "No more holders, no more heroes to help me. Dark Emperor has almost all the miraculous now."
"It's not your fault, Lucy." Levy said.
"Yes it is. It happened because I thought Alexander was Natsu." Lucy said.
"But Alexander was pretending to be Natsu for some reason. He would have fooled anyone." Erza said.
"That's just it. I claim I'm in love with Natsu, but I'm starting to think I don't really know him if I couldn't tell that was a fake." Lucy said. "This isn't the first time I let my feelings for him distract me either."
"But you do know him." Erza said. "You two have been through a lot together. You let him believe his brother gave him YOUR birthday gift. You helped him escape from his crazy fans. Heck, you almost kissed him despite thinking he was just a wax statue."
"Don't remind me." Lucy said as she felt embarrassed by that. "But that just proves my point if I couldn't tell that was really him. I almost gave my miraculous to Corva, I thought he was better for the tiger miraculous when Sting really was, and now I've lost all the miraculous because I was distracted and reckless with my feelings towards him."
"But you managed to get one back." Levy pointed out.
"I can't afford anymore distractions or mistakes like that." Lucy said. "Every time it comes to Natsu, I don't think clearly. Besides, nothing is really going on between us. Maybe it is better if I just move on and forget Natsu."
"But you tried that before and that didn't work." Erza said.
"This time, I mean it." Lucy said. "I need to put my responsibilities as Celestria first. Besides, as long as I am Celestria, it would be the same as when I was with Sting: lying to him, not being honest with him, and more. There's really...no point." She said as she might actually mean it this time, but then her phone went off and she saw it was him for video chat.
"Well, he's calling. What are you going to do?" Erza teased.
"I can't right now." Lucy said as she just handed her phone over to Levy and Levy answered for her.
"Lucy Heartfilia's phone. This is her assistant." Levy joked.
"Hey, Levy. Where's Lucy?" Natsu asked with Lucy signaling what she wants.
"She's...not here at the moment." Levy said.
"Oh... Well, tell her that I took her advice. My brother is actually fine with me not being a model anymore." Natsu said.
"What?! You're not modeling anymore?!" Erza said as she stepped in as the girls were shocked.
"Lucy was saying something like that earlier. You mean she was telling the truth?!" Levy said. Lucy couldn't ignore this as she took her phone back.
"You actually talked to your brother?!" Lucy said.
"Lucy! You're back!" Natsu said.
"Uh... Yeah... Well... I was just... You know..." Lucy stuttered. "Anyway, what happened?"
"Zeref took it surprisingly well." Natsu said. "Lucy, I want to thank you. Everyone else thought I was happy, but you saw I wasn't. I felt like you really understood how I felt. Now that I think about it, you've always been by my side. You've helped me out, helped my troubles... I feel like you saw the real me. I think... I think I'm starting to see how important you really are to me."
"Uh... Thank you..." Lucy said as she was trying not to blush with the girls loving this. "Uh... I've got to go, but I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Sure. Night." Natsu said ended the chat.
"It's finally happening!" Erza cheered.
"Natsu is seeing how important you are to him! See?! You two are going to be together!" Levy cheered.
"What?! Don't be crazy! This doesn't prove anything!" Lucy said. "Besides, I just told you that I can't afford anymore distractions! Being in love with Natsu just causes problems with me being Celestria!" She argued, but her friends just groaned with how stubborn she's being. Lucy just isn't sure if she should follow her heart and be truthful about her feelings or follow her head and ignore what she's really feeling.
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Natsu
"She really is something special." Natsu said as he couldn't stop smiling.
"Are you sure she's just a friend?" Igneel questioned. "You are right. She seems to know you pretty well, more than most people have, and you can't stop smiling when it comes to her." It was certainly Natsu needed to think about. Could he be seeing Lucy in a new light? Speaking of new light, Invel arrived back at the mansion. He might be against Zeref now, but he has come to care for Natsu. As Invel came to see Natsu peacefully asleep and safe, he's actually glad for that. With all these changes, what will happen to the people of Paris now?
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The Next Day
"Celestria has given me permission to tell you the truth about Cana." Gildarts said as he stood in front of the whole class to share why Cana isn't going to be in class anymore. "Celestria managed to get the miraculous of time back, and she's entrusted it to my daughter and is now known as Time Hopper." He said as he even got to show pictures of Cana as Time Hopper with everyone amazed this happened to her. The only one upset is Lucy since it means Cana can't come home for a while. "Once Dark Emperor is defeated, she will return home."
"Thank you, Mr. Clive." Alzack said. "We should all do what we can to help Celestria and Salamondra."
"Cana might have been chosen to wield a miraculous, but you don't need to be a superhero to make a difference." Mirajane said.
"But what are going to do?" Lisanna questioned.
"Dark Emperor has almost all the miraculous and is a lot stronger now." Hibiki pointed out.
"So what? He hasn't won yet as long as he doesn't have Celestria's and Salamondra's." Gray said.
"That's right. As long as we stay calm and don't let fear get the better of us, Dark Emperor has no power over us." Jellal said.
"Jellal's right. That's where Dark Emperor's real power lies, but as long as we don't let negative emotions get the better of us, he can't have us do his dirty work." Lucy said. Everyone agreed with that since fear is what gives Dark Emperor power. Everyone was in agreement except for Taylor.
"I say we should just give Dark Emperor what he wants. It would be a lot easier for everyone and the whole thing would be over." Taylor said. "Celestria and Salamondra are useless to begin with since they couldn't protect any miraculous. Things would have been done and finished if I had a miraculous."
"Even heroes make mistakes, Taylor." Teresa said. "Celestria has a lot of responsibilities and is under a lot of pressure. I'm sure she's doing the best she can, but that's what we're here for. If we work a little harder, Celestria won't be needed." Lucy could see she meant she doesn't want Celestria around anymore, but everyone else took it the other way.
"Teresa's right. We've got to help Celestria and stay strong for her." Levy said as everyone was feeling really ready for this.
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Weeks Later
Everyone was doing everything they could to help out Celestria and Salamondra, and be ready for Dark Emperor. Everyone tried spreading positive energy to put Dark Emperor out of business. Erza and Jellal started their own yoga class to help people feel more relaxed. Levy's cousin has been giving fighting lessons to help people defend themselves. Even Celestria and Salamondra stepped it up and made themselves ready for anything. The thing was that Dark Emperor has been quiet, but because no one knew was that Zeref was up to something else. He's been having meetings with Vanessa Agria. He even had Teresa and Natsu scanned for something with her help. With time going on and no sign of Dark Emperor, it also affected Lucy's and Natsu's relationships. Natsu is trying to explore his change of feelings towards Lucy while Lucy is trying to keep things platonic. Easier said than done. As time went on, people were becoming more and more lenient because weeks have passed and Dark Emperor hasn't tried anything. Things have just been rather quiet and calm that no one really needs to worry.
"Got any threes?" Salamondra questioned as he and Celestria were actually playing cards on the Eiffel Tower.
"Go fish." Celestria said.
"It's been real quiet lately. Do you think Dark Emperor has given up?" Salamondra questioned. Everyone seems to think that, but Celestria hasn't.
"That be too easy." Celestria said as she was skeptical. "Besides, he has most of the miraculous now. Why would he just give up?"
"And we still haven't heard from Alexander." Salamondra said.
"I have a bad feeling it's only the calm before the storm." Celestria said as she doesn't like how this is looking.
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The Next Day
Another day, another one that seemed quiet. Natsu and Gray came up to the girls. Lucy wanted to get out of there, but her friends kept her from going anywhere.
"Hey, Lucy." Natsu greeted. "Listen..." He was about to say something and Lucy was nervous about what it could be, but she was actually saved by the supervillain. The ground began to shake with everyone seeing a new villain was made. She had wavy brown hair with a crown-like piece on her head. She wore a white dress that went down to her knees with her wearing gold boots and braces. She also carried a large gold shield with an emerald in the center. The thing was that was a giant, around a hundred-feet tall.
"For those who don't know, I am Amazon! These old buildings are no longer needed. It's time for Paris to become bigger, stronger, and more powerful!" She claimed as she marched through the place. Lucy actually seemed a little hesitant to act.
"It sure would be nice if Celestria showed up." Erza said to give Lucy a little shove.
"Yeah... It might be a good idea to hide since that's what she would want us to do." Natsu said as they all split-up with Levy and Erza going with Lucy to encourage her.
"Don't be afraid, Lucy." Levy said.
"You're still great. You can beat this villain like the rest." Erza said.
"They're right, Lucy. Don't let your doubt get in the way." Stella said. Lucy knew they were right. She has to fight.
"Stella, Twinkle!" As for Natsu, he went down in the subway and was alone.
"We're back in business." Natsu said as he let Igneel out.
"It was a nice vacation while it lasted." Igneel said.
"Igneel, Fire Up!" The two heroes transformed and were back in action. The two heroes made their way through the rooftops until they regrouped and saw Amazon smashing through everything.
"After weeks of not hearing from Dark Emperor and this is what we get? At least it's new." Salamondra said.
"Let's just hope we don't need the others to beat her." Celestria said.
"We'll be fine. It was just the two of us before, this is no different." Salamondra said as he was confident in them and Celestria tried to be.
"Salamondra and Celestria." Amazon said as she noticed them. "I believe you two have worn out your stay in Paris." She attacked both of them as she charged at them and tried to strike with her fist, but they both jumped out of the way. Salamondra extended his staff to try and strike her, but she used her shield and blocked it. Celestria threw her whip, but her lack of confidence caused her to miss. When she did, Amazon just smacked her away.
"Celestria!" Salamondra called and raced after her. Celestria flew through the air and fell into a tree and then hit the ground. "Are you okay?" He asked as he hurried to her.
"I'm fine." Celestria said as she tried to get her head in the game. They could hear more and more being destroyed. Celestria will fix everything, but they need to try and stop her first. "You have to use your Dragon Fire on her shield. That's got to be where the etherious is."
"That's assuming you can even defeat me." Amazon said as she towered over them and tried to stomp down on them, but they moved out of her way. "I'm going to reshape Paris the way I like, and no one can stop me! Just as no one other than the gods could control the amazons!" She said as she kept trying to stomp after them. "Multiply!"
"What?!" Celestria said with stun. Amazon might have gotten smaller, but she split into several copies of herself and spread even more havoc. "That's the power of the bat miraculous!"
"She must have it on her, but this is our chance to get it back!" Salamondra said.
"Wrong! I'll be the one to take yours!" Amazon said as she tried attacking them again, but they both jumped up to the rooftops and avoided her.
"You want our ANCIENT miraculous when you're all about modernization? That's hypocritical." Celestria said.
"It's just part of my deal with Dark Emperor." Amazon said as she tried smashing her fist against them again, but the two of them kept moving and ducked inside a building for cover.
"Are we going to have to destroy all the shields?" Salamondra questioned.
"I don't know. We'll have to start with one and hope for the best." Celestria said.
"Maybe it's time to use your good old power." Salamondra said with Celestria agreeing to that.
"Open the Celestial Gate!" She called on her powers and ended up getting a fishing pole with the Pisces sign on it.
"Fishing is suppose to help?" Salamondra questioned.
"It will if we get the right fishing spot." Celestria said as she already had a plan. "Take this." She said as she gave it the rod to him. "Here's what you'll do." Celestria whispered her plan to him and was now putting it in motion. Celestria was the first to swing out while Salamondra snuck his way out of there. Celestria swung her way through the air with one of Amazons spotting her. "Six of you and you can't catch one of me?"
"Don't mock what you can't stop." Amazon claimed as she chased after her while the others continued to destroy the city. Celestria tried her best to stay one step ahead of Amazon and soon made her way back to the school. Celestria landed right in front of one of the windows.
"Come on..." Celestria said as she expected her to attack.
"You're mine!" Amazon declared as she tried striking with her fist with the shield. Celestria jumped away and her fist smashed right through, but that's what she wanted. Salamondra was inside and placed the hook of the fishing pole on the shield. When she tried to pull the shield out, it wouldn't come out. The line of the fishing pole was stretched out all over the room and was keeping her from pulling it out.
"Strong line. Dragon Fire!" Salamondra used his power right on the shield and it crumbled to ashes with the mega etherious flying out of it.
"Not more evil doing for you, mega etherious." Celestria activated her whip and twirled it around. "Time to de-evillize!" She tossed her whip and was able to catch it. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy." She said once she purified and released it. Defeating one was all that was needed as the rest of them disappeared and Amazon turned back into Vanessa.
"I told you we still got it." Salamondra said as the two heroes regrouped with Vanessa.
"What happened?" Vanessa questioned.
"You were etheriouized. What caused it?" Celestria asked.
"Let's just say that a business meeting of mine to build something that would aid the future." Vanessa said. "As you can imagine, a powerful woman such as myself doesn't take no very well when it comes to business."
"We've noticed, but part of what makes Paris great is that it combines bother modern and ancient." Salamondra said.
"Ma'am, Dark Emperor gave you the bat miraculous. We need it back." Celestria said.
"What does it look like?" Vanessa said as she looked around for it.
"It's a bat-shaped medallion with a ribbon to wear around your neck." Celestria said.
"I don't have anything like that." Vanessa said with the two heroes surprised she didn't have it.
"How did Dark Emperor do it then?" Celestria questioned.
"That must have been what he was working on this whole time." Salamondra said, but there was no time to think it over as their miraculous were beeping.
"Let's wrap this up. Miraculous Starlight!" Celestria tossed the fishing pole in the air and used the magic stars to restore everything to normal. Once that was done, she formed a white and gold charm from her whip. "Keep this, Miss Agria. It's okay to get angry, but a powerful woman like yourself shouldn't let one setback stop you."
"Thank you." Vanessa said and the two heroes were off. When they were gone, Vanessa used a special ring and was actually video chatting with Zeref. "The prototype worked, Zeref, and they don't suspect a thing."
"Good. We can now move to the next phase of the plan." Zeref said as it seems like these two are working together now.
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Zeref
"The ties that binds are precious. They are a priceless gem. The bonds we share are ones that go on forever." Zeref claimed as he was in an ad. "Now, we will carry that bond with us in the symbol of unity. I give you Alliance." He showed off a new ring with advance technology with Natsu and Teresa in it. "Alliance helps." It showed Alliance acting with an active A.I. to help solve problems designed after Natsu and Teresa. "Alliance guides." The ad showed it having it's own GPS system. "Alliance can even protect." The ad even showed that ring can even alert a person about attacks. "Alliance is meant to be there for you." Everyone who watched this ad at the actual shooting cheered. With Vanessa's help, he developed an advance ring with advance technology that everyone will want.
"Your brother is amazing." Teresa said with Natsu astonished by this. Zeref had Teresa and Natsu stand with them as he wanted them to be the faces of his new product.
"Zeref, is this why you had me digitized?" Natsu questioned.
"Of course. You don't want to be a model anymore, and now you're free from all your obligations. Isn't that what you wanted?" Zeref said with Natsu amazed. Zeref seems kinder and gentler. However, it's all an act and he doesn't know it. With Zeref feeling even more powerful than ever, there is sure to be disaster. The only alliance Zeref has is to himself.
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Alexander
"Here you go." Atlas said as he served his son some tea. Atlas lied to the heroes. He hasn't turned his son in. "Are you sure about all of this?"
"I am, Father. Celestria and Salamondra won't stop me. This must be done." Alexander said as he placed the charm bracelet on and Uniss flew out of it.
"Huh? Where am I? Where's Invel?" Uniss questioned. "Are you my new master?"
"I'm much more than that." Alexander claimed as now he's the one with even more power, but just whose side is Alexander really on?